Autobiographics
A Feminist Theory of Women's Self-Representation
Published on 11. January 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-8014-8061-4 (ISBN)
Description
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Reviews / Votes
"Autobiographics is a perceptive, comprehensive reflection on the theory of autobiography and on the innovative practices of women's personal writing in the United States."-Raylene Ramsay, University of Auckland, French Review, April 1996 "Gilmore gracefully manages to incorporate the insights of poststructuralist literary theory to reveal the shaping influences of language and discourse without ever losing sight of the importance of stories and our ability to retell them."-Rebecca Dakin Quinn, City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center, Tulsa Studies in Women's LiteratureMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ithaca
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8014-8061-4 (9780801480614)
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Leigh Gilmore is Visiting Professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at University of California-Berkeley. She is the author of Autobiographics: A Feminist Theory of Self-Representation, also from Cornell, and coeditor of Autobiography and Postmodernism.